Howdy and welcome to the weekly app roundup! We’ve corralled some apps we reckon you folks want to take a gander at. Yee-haw! It wasn’t easy; some of them are mighty sneaky critters. One critter that ain’t so sneaky is the Playbook. That varment has been showin’s it face all over. I can’t wait to lasso that one! Today, we announce the winners of the Blurts 2.0 giveaway and also give you the chance to win one of 25 copies of SBSH Calendar Pro! Have a rootin’ tootin’ weekend! Giddy up!

Freebies of the Week: Speaker On, Advanced Call Manager Free, HipSnip

In Case You Missed It: ShowMe! Fotos, ReplyGuard

New This Week: Where is my car, FollowUp Reminder, Freedom

Cool at BlackBerry App World: Snoop Alert

Contest: Enter to win one of 25 copies of SBSH Calendar Pro!

Freebies Of The Week:

Speaker on -The only speakerphone app you'll ever need. Speaker On automatically answers your incoming calls with the speakerphone activated after a given number of seconds. You won't have to touch any buttons at all. Or you can use the handset and optionally have the speakerphone activate automatically when a call is answered. If you need real hands-free operation this is the app for you!

When you're on the wheel, you know how convenient it is to manage your connections and your time. 'Speaker On' is the one app that does it all with nothing more than your BlackBerry speakerphone. Great.

Features:

No reconfiguration required. Just download and turn on 'Speaker On'. It’s designed to be easy, like all MediaCanvas apps.

The user-friendly interface allows you to be on the speakerphone while you're driving, or the time you need.

Advanced Call Manager Free -Hundreds on your contact book and hundreds more who can access your number and call any time they find fit. Is there a way to make owning a phone less intrusive, while staying connected with others?

No matter how advanced your phone is, when you receive a call you have just two options – answer or hang up. Advanced Call Manager (ACM) is the app that handles your phone calls just like you would, plus a helpful technology boost. You get more call-handling options (busy tone, busy tone and SMS auto-reply, mute the ringer, divert calls, play a voice greeting) and can personalize your response to different callers. With ACM you can set lists of contacts, choose how to filter their calls, save your call-handling options into Profiles and let ACM run automatically without extra supervision.

Advanced Call Manager Free is the free limited version of the best-selling Advanced Call Manager.

Once you know what groups of people you would like to block and how, save your settings in ready-for-action profiles (configurations). You can choose from five different active modes for your profiles: reject all calls, accept calls only from phonebook, *reject from blacklist, *accept from whitelist or *reject all plus a custom action.

Use ACM’s clever Scheduler to switch between profiles automatically. For example, activate your custom “Evening” profile every evening to block work-related calls after hours. Use the Locator to switch the active profile according to your location. For example, set ACM to activate your “Work” profile when the Locator detects you are in your office building.

If you’d like to be able to receive calls even if you forget your phone, try Advanced Forwarder. It allows you to forward calls to any other number and can be activated remotely. Read more and download free trial here.

HipSnip -HipSnip is a free web service that lets you save and remember the things important to you. It lets users connect the real world to the online world, using their mobile phones. Users ‘Snip’ any information they like by text message and mobile web. They can also get information and offers directly from businesses sent to their Snip feed simply by texting SMS keywords. It syncs online, so make a note of it on HipSnip and get it on your mobile, on your desktop, on any web device. Enhances notes with content and makes it easy to share with friends on Facebook.

Travel Photos. Instant postcards sent to the folks back home including travel notes.

Sports and Events. Tell all your friends where you are, who you are rooting for, the current score, and other hot happenings at the game.

Family Photos. Capture and instantly share and communicate fun family moments.

Photo Messaging. Better than sending a text message! Let your photo message say 1000 words without all the typing. Take your photo, style it with a frame, add a snappy caption and share with your friends!

Capture the moment and communicate with easy photo captioning. Add a subject and description to your photo and send.

Stylish Commemorative Framing. Select from a number of styles and color options.

Store and forward technology using BlackBerry eMail. Internet/browser access not required. If you are out of a reception area, queue up your photos and they will upload when you are back in range. If you device supports it, works with WiFi too!

ReplyGuard -Protect yourself from accidental, embarrassing and potentially career-ending 'Reply All' accidents! ReplyGuard is a "must-have" application for any BlackBerry user. Gain peace of mind instantly with this ReplyGuard, knowing that you'll never have to worry about making the mistake of clicking "Reply All" before it's too late. When you send an email to multiple recipients, ReplyGuard will stop the sending process and alert you to let you choose whether to continue and send the message or not.

Features:

Receive popup confirmations when you are about to send email to multiple recipients.

New This Week:

Where is my car -Can’t remember where you parked your car last night, when you arrived home late? Forgot the exact parking spot where you left your car at the parking lot? Do you sometimes ask yourself these questions? If so, then WHERE IS MY CAR? is the application for you! It is an easy-to-use app that helps you to remember where you parked your car in two simple steps:

1: Store current position.

2: The application will automatically track the orientation and distance to your car. Or you can also view the exact location of your car in the MAPS application and trace a route from your current position back to your car.
Main features:
- Store the current position of your car permanently. Even if you exit the application or turn off your device, the position will be stored.
- If a position is already stored, “Where is my car?” will automatically track your current position and will inform you about the distance and heading to your car.
- Are you in a place with no GPS signal? Don’t worry - with “Where is my car?” you’ll be able to take a picture of your car (or of something nearby, like a street sign) so you can review it later and locate your car!

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This application only works on devices with an internal or a Bluetooth GPS.

FollowUp Reminder -One-Handed Call-Back Reminder for Your BlackBerry. Set your BlackBerry to schedule appointments and return calls with one hand. FollowUp Reminder makes your BlackBerry device even handier by letting you use it on the go while taking your current schedule and your contacts’ time zone and working hours into account.

This ergonomic call-back reminder makes it possible to schedule follow-up calls with just one hand. Use FollowUp Reminder in busy environments, on the go and while driving (where permitted by law) to schedule appointments and phone calls according to your schedule. FollowUp Reminder will take care of your contacts’ working hours and time zone completely automatically, determining an appropriate time to call by their phone number country/area code.

The user interface of FollowUp Reminder is utterly simple and non-distractive, allowing the tool to be used with just one hand. A single tap on the trackpad is all that’s needed to schedule a call-back – whether you’re calling ASAP after 10 minutes, sometime this day, tomorrow, next business day, or next week. FollowUp Reminder will place an automated reminder taking your own schedule into account and considering the other party’s time zone, working hours, and best time to call (if configured).

You don’t need to know what time zone that area code is, or calculate the time difference. FollowUp Reminder can be used safely anywhere on the globe to call anyone in the world. FollowUp Reminder will take your time zone and time zone of the other party into account, making sure you only call during established business hours or some other time that’s best to reach that party. The perfect time to call can be determined automatically based on your location and your contact’s phone number, country and area code.

Creating call-back reminders is easy. Just select your desired timeframe for a call-back, and FollowUp Reminder will create a reminder, automatically filling all the fields such as the name, phone number, email, and desired time to call. FollowUp Reminder can handle incoming calls, email and SMS messages, and process address book entries to create follow-up reminders.

You’re on a schedule. Your contacts are on a schedule as well, and maybe in a different time zone. With FollowUp Reminder, you’ll never have to worry about missed calls or overlapping events. The call-back reminder will be placed into a free slot on your schedule, and aligned to take your contact’s time zone and available hours into account. Best time to call can be specified for all contacts to make sure you’re not catching them off-guard.

Freedom -
Are you a BlackBerry addict? Freedom is a simple productivity application that locks you away from using the phone function or the internet on your BlackBerry. Freedom frees you from distractions, allowing you to have private time with your spouse, time to analyze, write or create. After the offline time is up, Freedom automatically restores all connections. You can choose the time: from a few minutes up to half a day.

Freedom restricts your connection to the outside world and a reboot is required if you want to get back online. The time taken to restart the handset and the frustration of waiting for the reboot means you are less likely to cheat, and you'll enjoy enhanced productivity. This product comes with a 30 day value back guarantee

Cool In BlackBerry App World:

Snoop Alert -Catch those snoopy people going through your cell phone, searching for text messages, phone calls, and your private pictures. The Snoop Alert activates awesome custom alarms, voice messages (ex: "stay away from my phone"!), sirens or loud music. When the "snoop" tries to access your phone the alarm will sound and keep going until you enter a private password that you will create. Snoop Alert also has a "time stamp" feature which shows you the exact date and time the "snoop" was trying to access your phone.

Contest:

SBSH Calendar Pro -I had a chance to review Calendar Pro, although I was already impressed, they have made some great additions to the app. These would include touch screen support and hierarchal tasks; which enables user to create project and then assign sub-tasks to it.

*Congrats to everyone! You should receive a message this week, so reply ASAP*

Until Next Week..

Well there you have it folks! I hope you enjoyed the apps we managed to corral this week. If you have any information on software (including news and tips), or if you are developer looking to be in the spotlight (or contest) let me know via email at blundell@crackberry.com or on Twitter at twitter.com/ryanblundell.

WOW! I love this app! With a ton of doctor appointments and other appointments, this app would come in very handy on my new Torch. I am still setting up my Torch the way I want it and this is definitely an app that is on the "have to get" list.

Wow, many thanks to SBSH for the donation and Crackberry for hosting the contest. I used SBSH products on my Palm and iPaq years ago. It is really good to see them enter the Blackberry App World as they really do make excellent products. All the winners will be well pleased I'm sure.

Looks like a very powerfull calendar application. I am an independent sales representative representing 5 different companies. I use Sensobi Pro for my contacts, I use Follow-Up & Smart Alerts. I think I would give this calendar program quite a workout.

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